Surgical Treatment Options of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: From Conjunctival Limbal Autografting CLAU to Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation SLET
摘要
A sufficient limbal stem cellLimbal stem cells pool is paramount for maintaining a constant renewal of the corneal epitheliumCorneal epithelium. Partial or total limbal stem cell deficiencyLimbal stem cell deficiency can be congenitalCongenital or acquired and leads to overgrowing of the conjunctivaConjunctiva onto the human corneaCornea. Several techniquesTechnique have been developed in recent years to treat limbal stem cell deficiencyLimbal stem cell deficiency and this chapter aims to provide an overview over the existing treatmentTreatment options.